The newcomer was shrouded in a long, black robe and stood in the shadows where no light could reach. His voice was low and cold: "Didn't I say that you shouldn't come looking for me unless it's a matter of life and death?"
"This is a matter of life and death," Song Huiru said, her heart pounding with anxiety. "Back then, I said I wanted to choose the Third Prince because he had a stain on his reputation, and everyone avoided him like the plague. If I treat him well now, he will surely be moved and easy to control."
You insisted on choosing the Ninth Prince, so you made me enter the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
"Now look what's happened! The Ninth Prince doesn't care about what I told him at all. He hasn't even set foot in my brothel. How am I supposed to control him for you? And how can I possibly rise to that position, second only to the emperor?"
"That's your own incompetence," the man in black robes retorted coldly.
“You…!” Song Huiru choked with anger.
She really wanted to tell this guy she was quitting, but now that she had married into the Ninth Prince's mansion and had even offended Chanyu Heye, it was too late to back out.
Song Huiru gritted her teeth, suppressing her anger: "Then tell me, what should I do now!"
"Befriend the Ninth Prince's Consort and subtly sow discord between her and the Ninth Prince." The black-robed man's voice remained chilling, his entire being lurking in the shadows like a ghost: "Since you are indeed somewhat useful to me, I will teach you another piece of advice: the most terrifying people in this world are often not your enemies, but your closest friends."
That's all.
The figure in black robes flashed, and a slight sound came from the back window again before he disappeared.
Song Huiru stood there silently, on the verge of going crazy.
What kind of lousy ally is this!
With his incredible skills, couldn't he just eliminate that bandit for her?
He actually ordered her to grovel before that bandit and fawn over him. What did he take her, the future queen, for?
"You bastard, when I become queen, the first person I'll kill is you!" Song Huiru gritted her teeth and whispered hatefully, "The second one to die will be the second prince, Shang Nanjue!"
On the rooftop.
Upon hearing Song Huiru's words, the man in the black robe let out a very soft snort from beneath his wide hood.
Why are there so many fools in this world who overestimate their abilities?
The three men, including the Duke of Chen, were confident that they would be able to return to the capital soon.
But Duke Chen absolutely refused to accept it, because he had repeatedly written memorials to Shang Xiche to complain about and impeach Ji Chenhai. Shang Xiche was so annoyed that he had ordered Eunuch De to directly block his negative memorials.
Ironically, every memorial submitted by Duke Chen requesting a retreat began with lengthy and tearful lamentations, only getting to the point in the last few sentences.
Eunuch De was just a chief eunuch. He had to pay attention to every single matter concerning the emperor. How could he read the memorials so carefully? He would only read the beginning of each memorial and, seeing that they were all filled with negative emotions, he was afraid that they would disturb the emperor's peace of mind if he presented them. So he simply put them aside.
The Duke of Chen sent nine memorials in a row, but received no response from the capital.
After another half month of being stranded in the border town, the Duke of Chen's camp was out of ammunition and food. The soldiers began to dig up grass roots in the snow and peel tree bark from the mountains to eat.
The Duke of Chen and his son lived a miserable life, with meat to eat whenever they hunted and hunger when they couldn't hunt. Their lives were truly tragic.
Seeing that the Duke of Chen and his soldiers were so thin they were practically skin and bones and on the verge of starvation, Ji Chenhai couldn't bear it any longer. So he had a general guarding the border city send a memorial to the emperor in his name via an urgent dispatch.
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